William M. Reilly Memorial
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
General Casimir Pulaski, 1942, undated
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
1942; undated
General Friedrich von Steuben, 1942, 1962
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
1942; 1962
General Nathaniel Greene, 1957
File — Drawer 7.1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
1957
General Richard Montgomery, 1942
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
1942
John Paul Jones, 1959
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
1959
Marquis de Lafayette, 1942-1957
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
1942-1957
William M. Reilly Memorial, 1938-2017
File — Drawer 7.3
Scope and Contents
Records documenting the establishment of the Reilly Trust for the erection of statues of Revolutionary War generals on the western approach to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, including an excerpt from William M. Reilly's will, a 1939 letter from Charles J. Biddle reporting his recommendation as Amicus Curiae in Orphan's Court regarding the statues' placement, and correspondence from Trustee Robert Sturgis Ingersoll and G.G. Haupt of the Art Jury regarding approval of scale models of the...
Dates:
1938-2017
